X-Ray

X-rays have a higher frequency; therefore, a shorter wavelength, than radio waves. Xrays have a higher energy than radio waves.

Radio waves travel easily through the atmosphere. X-rays suffer significant attenuation passing through the atmosphere.

Radio waves are non-ionizing, not carrying enough energy per quantum to ionize atoms or molecules-that is, to completely remove an electron from an atom or molecule. The electromagnetic radiation of radio waves has sufficient energy only for excitation, the movement of an electron to a higher energy state.

X-rays are ionizing, producing charged ions when passing through matter. X-rays will deposit images on photographic plates (radio waves will not).

Its rare for a person to get cancer from an x-ray, but it's better to be safe than sorry. I wouldn't take any chances not to check for cancer so women get mammograms just to be safe.

When X-ray radiation passes through a patient, three types of interactions can occur, including coherent scattering (coherent scatter), photoelectric absorption and Compton scattering . Of these three events, the great majority of scattered X-rays in diagnostic X-ray imaging arise from Compton scattering.

In coherent scattering, the energy of the primary X-ray photon is first completely absorbed and then re-emitted by the electrons of a single atom. Because no net energy is absorbed by the atom, the re-emitted X-ray has the same energy as the original X-ray, however the direction of re-emission is totally arbitrary.

In photoelectric absorption, the energy of the X-ray photon is completely absorbed as it ejects a tightly bound electron from one of the atom's inner shells. The excess energy of the photon over that of the binding energy of the electron is carried off as kinetic energy by the ejected electron. Low energy characteristic radiation is generated as an electron from an outer shell falls into the vacated lower shell.

Finally, in Compton scattering, the interaction can be considered as a collision between a high energy X-ray photon and one of the outer shell electrons of an atom. This outer shell electron is bound with very little energy to the atom and essentially all of the energy lost by the X-ray photon in the collision is transferred as kinetic energy to the electron, and the electron is ejected from the atom. Because energy and momentum are both conserved in this collision, the energy and direction of the scattered X-ray photon depend on the energy transferred to the electron. When the initial X-ray energy is high, the relative amount of energy lost is small, and the scattering angle is small relative to the initial direction. When the initial X-ray energy is small, the scattering is more isotropic in all directions. At X-ray energies on the order of 1 MeV (the energy range used in radiation therapy), the scattering is mostly in the forward direction. At X-ray energies of 100 keV (the diagnostic imaging range), the scattering is more isotropic.

Depends what you consider 'high'.

The frequency of X-rays is higher than the frequency of radio, light, Middle-C, and

a subscription to Scientific American, but lower than the frequency of some other

types of electromagnetic radiation.

they can lead to cancer, used to take pics of bones and teeth inside your body

The scientific unit of measurement for a dose of radiation, which is also called an effective dose, is the millisievert (mSv). This is also at times measured in rads, rems, roentgens and sieverts.

For an X-ray of a limb, the typical effective dose is 0.001 mSv. This is a comparatively small dose, and often talked about in relation to how much natural radiation from the earth to which it compares. In this case, it is equal to the natural background radiation you would get in less than one day.

Although many people would not fully understand this electron diffraction gives you only one plane. X-Ray diffraction will give you a scattering of all the planes in one measurement.

No. X-rays are generated by a vacuum tube, something like the picture tube in an old-style TV. The regions of the electromagnetic spectrum identified as "X-rays" and "gamma rays" overlap; radiation resulting from an electronic energy transition is an "X-ray" and radiation resulting from a nuclear process is a "gamma ray" even if the two have exactly the same wavelength.

Should be UVA and UVB. Read the labels, and use at least SPF 15 up to SPF 30 if you are very fair or freckle easily.

A good used portable digital X-ray machine can be purchased from a reliable agent for something in the range of $7,000 to $7,500. That's about the least you can spend. Certainly prices go up from there.

Some harmful effects due to human exposure to ultraviolet rays would be:

A risk of skin cancer for being out in the sun too long.

Also you could get a sunburn. Which is very painful.

they are fast ,they are less expensive ,they use lower amount of radiation

Nausea and vomiting are most likely to occur when the radiation dose is high or if the abdomen or another part of the digestive tract is irradiated

Tooth x-ray, also known as dental radiography, is using low energy radiation. If what you mean by tooth x-ray is orthopantomography (OPG), the dose is slightly higher. There are risks of unwanted effects to your baby especially during the first trimester. Unless the x-ray is emergency, I recommend you to postpone.

87.49 ICD -9 (Routine) , or 87.49( Non-Routne) such as ER, outpatient, or other visit - othe chest xray ( certain locations : brochus, diapham, heart, lung, mediastinum, trachea)

They Felt for the Break. And it was Very painful. A broken bone pretty much Shows you what it is. The really Hard part is determining just Where the break is, and what needs to be done to set it. That's why people often had deformed limbs even after setting. it was almost impossible to Feel just where and how the two pieces of bone fit together, and to work them back so the bone could set into a seamless whole again.

myelogram, but being replaced by CT scan and MRI's

Yes. He did but it was a accident.

It just so happend that he was just building something totally different and then he nosiest that when he put his hand behind it and BOOM he discovered the X-ray because he saw his bone!

it varies state by state

Light waves and X-rays are both forms of electromagnetic energy. X-rays, however, have higher energy (higher frequency and shorter wavelength) than (visible) light.

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Radiation similar to X-rays includes gamma rays and ultraviolet (UV) rays. Both gamma rays and X-rays are high-energy electromagnetic radiation, with gamma rays typically having higher energy and shorter wavelengths than X-rays. UV rays, while lower in energy than X-rays, are also part of the electromagnetic spectrum and can cause similar effects, such as ionization in biological tissues. However, X-rays and gamma rays are primarily used in medical imaging and treatment, while UV rays are commonly associated with skin effects and sun exposure.

You actually don't need to do this. You only need to warm up the x-ray tube if you're going to perform x-rays, to prevent anode pitting.